http://sameskymagazine.com/2008/06/staying-with-locals-in-russia/ Culture, people, language and travel, all under the same sky Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:50:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://sameskymagazine.com/2008/06/staying-with-locals-in-russia/#comment-7 Same Sky Magazine » Hot Showers in Moscow Summer Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:25:53 +0000 http://sameskymagazine.com/?p=13#comment-7 [...] When I <a href=”http://sameskymagazine.com/2008/06/staying-with-locals-in-russia/”>homestayed</a> in Vladivostok a few years ago, my guidebook told horror tales of electricity failures even in the far east’s long winter, and I distinctly remember the incredibly thick fur coats my host family kept at the door ready to deal with minus forty degree (Celsius) temperatures. It made me start to appreciate that Soviet-era infrastructure might not be the most reliable. I must have been lucky during my two summer stays in Moscow to be in the right district at the right time, as I always had hot water. If not, perhaps I would’ve been invited to a shower party - apparently it’s important to have friends in different districts and then they’ll invite you round for dinner and a hot shower. This entry was posted on Monday, June 23rd, 2008 and is filed under Daily Life, Under the Same Sky. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. « Staying with Locals in Russia [...] [...] When I <a href=”http://sameskymagazine.com/2008/06/staying-with-locals-in-russia/”>homestayed</a> in Vladivostok a few years ago, my guidebook told horror tales of electricity failures even in the far east’s long winter, and I distinctly remember the incredibly thick fur coats my host family kept at the door ready to deal with minus forty degree (Celsius) temperatures. It made me start to appreciate that Soviet-era infrastructure might not be the most reliable. I must have been lucky during my two summer stays in Moscow to be in the right district at the right time, as I always had hot water. If not, perhaps I would’ve been invited to a shower party - apparently it’s important to have friends in different districts and then they’ll invite you round for dinner and a hot shower. This entry was posted on Monday, June 23rd, 2008 and is filed under Daily Life, Under the Same Sky. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. « Staying with Locals in Russia [...]

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